(From company literature) The K-5 DSLR offers a true high-end prosumer design and features normally found only on the most costly of professional cameras. With exceptional reliability, user-friendly operation, and the compact, lightweight body of its predecessor, the PENTAX K-7, the new K-5 offers several important and improved features.

The pro-oriented "prosumer" features that take this latest PENTAX DSLR to the next level include:

Pentaprism viewfinder with 100% field of view and 0.92X magnification.

PENTAX body-based Shake Reduction (SR) stabilization system that works with every PENTAX lens ever made.

A maximum 1/8000 second shutter speed.

HDMI port outputs high definition images and video (and sound).

A wide range of in-camera image processing and special effects filters.

Customizable RAW/Fx button.

Built-in electronic level with tilt scale display in LCD panel.

These improvements and features are a direct result of customer feedback provided to PENTAX by dedicated "prosumer" Pentaxian shooters that help refine the K-5 to deliver a wide feature set and make it a perfect all-purpose camera for field or studio use. The K-5 is an excellent choice for advanced enthusiasts looking for a compact, yet highly advanced camera without spending thousands of dollars more for a true professional system.

The PENTAX K-5 digital SLR will ship in October 2010 in two options priced as follows:

K-5 Body Kit: $1,599.95

K-5 Lens Kit w 18-55mm WR: $1,749.95

See the Pentax K5 preview at imaging-resource.com. Or post your own review below!

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $600.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

this DSLR doesn't let any wishes open

Cons:

really nothing

compared with other brands, the high resolution, the good color rendition, the excellent colors, the excellent sharpness even at high ISO range, the high number of possibilities to change individual settings and its low price: full 10 point

it is a half class better than k-x (and this is still a very good cam)

very high recommendation

elho_cid

Registered: November 2009Posts: 10

Pentax K-5 review by elho_cid

Review Date: 11/29/2010

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,600.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

great image quality, very customizable, very fast and rugger as well.

Cons:

may confuse beginners, not best for video

I expected a lot from the K-5, but my expectation were exceeded. Having used K10D for several years, I was ready for higher performance camera. After trying out my friends EOS 1D and other friends D3, the old Pentax compared very poorly.
K-5 gives me performance only slightly lower than a pro camera and at almost half the weigth...
Exposure is very consistent, noise is low and I'm amazed by the unique features such as composition adjustment or possiblility to save last jpg as raw (great idea).
The camera is very silent in its operation, the quitest mirror action I ever witnessed in SLR.
The gyus who designed this camera must have been good photographers themselves. They really knew how to make the camera appeal and how to make it absolute joy to use.
Only after longer image bursts I'm sometimes waiting too long for the picture to show up, looks like the camera doesn't want to show pictures that are not yet safely written to the card. Also the flash exposure with auto ISO setting is too high with wireless flash, but that can be easily avoided.